Toy.



MICHAEL J. OSSMAN, F LEADVILLE, COLORADO.

TOY.

Application iled April 9, 1917'.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. OssMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leadville, in the county of Lake and State of Colorado, have invented a new and uselul Toy, oit' which the following is a specirication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a toy, and one object of the invention is to provide a toy including a body wliicln'being manipulated in the hand of an operator, will cause a vehicle, such as a bicycle, to have an orbital movement on the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby, at the will of an operator, the vehicle may be caused to travel in an orbital movement on the body, riding either upon its rear Wheel or upon its front wheel.

.Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made with in the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings-w Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a. toy embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is tragmental cross section taken approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating certain operations ott which the toy is capable; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmental front elevation ot' the bicycle which moves in an orbit on the body.

1n carrying out the invention there is provided a body which in general outline, resembles a frying pan or skillet. The body comprises a circular base 1 circumscribed by an upstanding track 2 held to the base 1 by means of securing elements 3, the base 1 having an outstanding handle 4, to the end that the structure may be gripped and manipulated in the hand of an operator. `Mounted on the base 1 at the center thereof is an upstanding bearing 5 which may be made ot metal, the same including a depressed tlange 6 attached to the base l by Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 15, 191%..

Serial No. 160,793.

means ot' securing devices 7. A pivot element S passes downwardly through the bearing 5 and enters the base 1, the pivot element- 8 having a head 9 spaced from the upper surface ot' the bearing 5.

The numeral 10 denotes, generally, a radius arm, which may be made of a single length 01"" material, bent upon itselt1 to form an eye 11, contacting arms 12 disposed approximately parallel to the base 1, and upwardly inclined diverging fingers 14. The eye 11 surrounds the pivot element 8 somewhat loosely, and when the eye rests on the bearing 5, the eye is spaced from the under surface of the head 9. This detail has an important function in the operation of the device, as will be made manifest hereinafter. The outer ends of the fingers 14 ot the radius arm 10 are attached to the trame 15 ot a vehicle, the vehicle in the present instance being in the form of a bicycle. A rear wheel 16 is journaled on the frame 15, and the trame includes a front tork 17 in which a shaft 18 is journaled, the same having cranks 19. Fixed to the shaft 1S within the fork 17 is a front wheel 28. The wheels 28 and 16 are grooved as indicated at 29 to ride on the upper edge of the track 2. The frame includes a handle bar 20.

Seated on the frame 15 is a figure 21 including arms 22 connected with the handle bar 20. The arms 22 and the handle bar 20 have nothing to do with the steering of the vehicle, but are added merely for the sake of appearances, the grooves 29 in the wheels 16 and 2S serving to keep the bicycle engaged with the track 2. Thighs 23 are pivoted at 24 to the iigure 21 and are pivoted at 25 to calves 26 pivoted at 27 to the cranks 19.

It the part 4 is gripped in the hand of an operator, and it' the part 4 is rocked axially in opposite directions, as indicated by the arrows A. in Fig. 2, the bicycle lwill move orbitally on the track 2, the radius arm 10 swinging on the pivot element 8. lVhen the front wheel 28 rotates, being driven by contact with the track 2, the shaft 1S will be rotated, the cranks 19 imparting a litelike movement to the calves 26 and the. thighs 23 of the figure 21.

An important and salient feature ot the invention remains yet to be discussed. Note Fig. 4. Let it be assumed that the bicycle is moving in the direction ot the arrow B of Fig. 4, and. that the track 2 is inclined as in- Gil dicated at 30. Then, by a skilful manipulation of the body 1 through the means of the handle 4, the bicycle may be made to ride on the front wheel 28 only, the rear Wheel 16 being elevated from the track. If, as shown in Fig. t, the bicycle is moving in the direction of the arrow C, the track 2 being inclined as shown at .31, then the bicycle may be made to ride on the'rear wheel 1.6, the front wheel 28 being elevated above the track. A considerable amount of skill is required, in order to make the bicycle ride either on the wheel 28 or on the wheel 16 alone, and the length of time during which 'I the bicycle will ride on one wheel to the exclusion of the other, depends upon the skill of the operator. In order that the bicycle may ride on the wheel 16 or on thel wheel 28, the radius arm 10 must be loosely mounted on the pivot element 8, and it is for this reason that the eye 11 is made of considerably larger diameter than the pivot ,Y element 8, the under surface of the head 9 bearing 5 and the head 9 on the other hand, is increased, and, as a consequence, the bicycle will'ride for a considerable period of time either on the rear wheel 16 or on the front wheel 28, if the operator is possessed ofthe requisite skilh'which can be acquired only after some practice and patience.

Under ordinary conditions, that is, when the bicycle isV moving in an orbit, with both of the wheels 16 and 28 engaged with the track 2, then there is but little friction between the eye 11 and the bearing owing to the specific construction of the bearing, and the bicycle and the figure 21 may be made to move rapidly around the track 2.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is In a toy of the class described, a body; means carried by the body wh creby the same may be held in the hand of an operator; a radius arm; a vehicle `.mounted on the outei end of the arm and embodying front and rear wheels engaging the body; and means for connecting, loose-ly and pivotally, the inner end of the radius arm with the body,

whereby the vehicle may be made to ride on the front wheel and on the rear wheel, separately.

1n testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence .of two witnesses.

A MICHAEL J'. OSbMAN. fitnesses JULIUs BRIEL, MrsTHoMAs DELANEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. Y 

